RALEIGH – At a press conference to update citizens on the COVID-19 pandemic panic Tuesday, Governor Roy Cooper again acknowledged the need to reopen North Carolina’s economy and reinstate the economic liberty of business-owners snuffed out by his shutdown decrees. He’s has a taskforce, but it is heavy on public health and light on economic health.

Despite the governor’s obligatory acknowledgement, the conditions for reopening, and the manner in which he plans to do it is still a mystery.

Critics have pointed out the downside of including one business representative on Cooper’s COVID-19 taskforce.